Current Events > Schools adding police presence due to rumored TikTok school threat challenge.

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https://people.com/human-interest/schools-taking-precautions-over-tiktok-violence-warning-despite-no-credible-threats/

A number of school districts around the country are responding to an anonymous threat on TikTok that seemingly warns against students attending class on Friday. The threat, or "challenge," as some have referred to it, reportedly calls on students to commit acts of violence on Dec. 17. According to Syracuse.com, the threat labeled December 17, "National Shoot Up Your School Day," and does not name a specific school or district. While PEOPLE was not able to identify the TikTok post where the threat originated, there are now hundreds of other TikTok posts referencing the challenge and warning students to take precautions. "Idk if this is true or not but apparently there is a threat on December 17 2021, schools in America are going to have a school shooting or bombing," one user on the platform wrote. "[Once] again idk if this is true but if it is, stay safe. My mom called and told me so I looked it up. ... stay safe America." Added another: "I'm scared off my ass, what do I do???" In a statement, TikTok said it has not found evidence of the threat despite the alarming posts that have since gone viral. "We handle even rumored threats with utmost seriousness, which is why we're working with law enforcement to look into warnings about potential violence at schools even though we have not found evidence of such threats originating or spreading via TikTok," the company said in a statement sent to PEOPLE and published on Twitter.

The warnings reference the threat has been enough to elicit a response from school districts and law enforcement agencies as students prepare for classes on Friday. "Law-enforcement agencies around the country are keeping a close eye on schools in the wake of nationwide generic school threat conversations," Florida's North Port Police Department wrote in a tweet on Thursday evening. "The threats circulating on social media claiming that December 17 is a day to do harm at schools," they added. "The Northport Police Department is aware of the information. We take all threats, joking or not, seriously." The Naugatuck Police Department in Connecticut issued a release telling parents they would increase their presence at schools in the "coming days."

Can I say kids have gone too far without sounding like an out of touch grandpa here?

Why are kids dis stupid? dis would never happen if dey played outside like da good old days

They should go back to eating tide pods.

so wait did trump actually have a point when he tried to ban tiktok?

Yeah, we got the same warning as well

Remember the topic yesterday about the police tracking social media. That aged quick

nfearurspecimn posted...

Can I say kids have gone too far without sounding like an out of touch grandpa here?

This. Kids will be dumb and stupid but this is a step beyond that.

This current generation of kids are tragically oblivious to how they're ruining their lives with all of this bullshit on social media. They have zero idea that every single post they make is going to come back and haunt them.

some kid in middle school did that last week. they're facing disciplinary action from the school/police for following tik tok challenge.
wasn't the 17th either.

Can we ban and delete tiktok from the internet yet?

Lebronwon posted...

labeled December 17, "National Shoot Up Your School Day,"

This is why we need abortion

USA: *does nothing to address school shootings for like 50 years*

Gen Z: *is completely desensitized to school shootings*

USA: shockedpikachu.jpg

Society was a mistake

darkprince45 posted...

Remember the topic yesterday about the police tracking social media. That aged quick

Still sounds bad imo

MrKapowski posted...

Can we ban and delete tiktok from the internet yet?

Should ban the guns tbh

What the absolute fuck is going on with social media these days...

BakonBitz posted...

What the absolute fuck is going on with social media these days...

just destroying free society with cancerous stupidity.

What the fuck?!

Broeven if this started as a joke, all it takes is one kid to take it seriously and make it real.

Pepys Monster posted...

Broeven if this started as a joke, all it takes is one kid to take it seriously and make it real.

inb4itsjustaprankbro

As I've been saying for years, minors should be banned from social media.

Xavier_On_High posted...

USA: *does nothing to address school shootings for like 50 years*

Gen Z: *is completely desensitized to school shootings*

USA: shockedpikachu.jpg

Not wrong.

Though I wouldn't say 50 years, how many did we really have before Columbine?

What a time to be alive.

DarthAragorn posted...

Not wrong.

Though I wouldn't say 50 years, how many did we really have before Columbine?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of
_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(before_2000)

China just not even pretending that Tik Tok is a weapon of war anymore, are they? Hey guys! New edgy tik tok challenge this week! If you're going to school in America, kill Americans! Destabilize the entire foundation of their society for the e-lulz. Do it you pussy!

I'm trying to imagine how pissed off China would be if the USA did something like this, but oh yeah that's right, all American products are illegal there. There would never ever be an American Tik Tok in China. Instead they just copy our popular programs and slap a Chinese name on them, with a backdoor the for government to keep watch as well.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/2/0/AAeQkrAACtLI.png

my coworker said this yesterday

his kid is 11

shit's fucked

monkmith posted...

so wait did trump actually have a point when he tried to ban tiktok?

That was probably one of his only genuinely good ideas.

all quiet so far i hope?

Kids really are so fucking stupid

My daughter's High School is in a "Lock Out" situation right now.

No one allowed in, no one allowed out.

My gut is telling me it's dumb kids just sharing posts as a joke, and not cognizant of the ramifications.

Too many people think social media is a faceless world, so they do stupid things.

nexigrams posted...

China just not even pretending that Tik Tok is a weapon of war anymore, are they? Hey guys! New edgy tik tok challenge this week! If you're going to school in America, kill Americans! Destabilize the entire foundation of their society for the e-lulz. Do it you pussy!

I'm trying to imagine how pissed off China would be if the USA did something like this, but oh yeah that's right, all American products are illegal there. There would never ever be an American Tik Tok in China. Instead they just copy our popular programs and slap a Chinese name on them, with a backdoor the for government to keep watch as well.

you dropped this

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/4/0/AAIY7IAACpB0.jpg

ssj3vegeta posted...

Why are kids dis stupid? dis would never happen if dey played outside like da good old days

Because education funds continue to get axed and idiot parents of children think teaching kids about slavery is racism against white people?

Yeah they took all the kid's backpacks over here today.

Trump may have been onto something when he talked about banning tiktok.

Meanwhile in Sweden; At least 4 different students have been inspired to mix different chemicals into bombs around the city Bors, one blowing straight into his own face. The hospital is worried that he will be blind.